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An editor-friend recently threw down a challenge. “Unless you have something really special, a blog post should be about 300 words,” she said firmly. Ouch. As queen of the 650-word blog post, I felt criticized. But then, I got inspired. Let’s hear it for writing tight! Being super-concise way is super-hard. In fact, it’s easier [...]

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